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BIAC provides certificates to trainees in India

Following a five daylong training programme on mediation and negotiation held in India, a meet & greet session was recently organized with a small certificate giving ceremony at the Bangladesh International Arbitration Center (BIAC) Secretariat office. A five-day–long training programme on “International, Cross Cultural, Civil and Commercial Mediation and Negotiation” was organized jointly by Bangladesh International Arbitration PhotoCentre (BIAC) and Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA); under the Ministry of Corpor...

Life expectancy rises to 72

Life expectancy at birth increased to 72 years last year in Bangladesh from 71.6 years in 2016, according to a survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). bd-childFor women, life expectancy increased to 73.5 years in 2017 from 72.9 years in 2016, says the survey titled Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2017. However, in comparison to women, the life expectancy of men increased a little between 2017 and 2016. In 2017, men's life expectancy was 70.6 years whereas it was 70.3 years in 2016. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa ...

BD peacekeeper killed in South Sudan

A Bangladeshi officer serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has been killed in an attack on an aid convoy in the country torn by civil conflict, according to the UN. Lieutenant Commander Ashraf Siddiqui was hit by shots fired by “unknown gunmen” on Tuesday and died shortly afterward, Francesca Mold, the spokesperson for the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said in a statement. army in election dutySiddiqui, who was the Bangladesh military liaison officer with UNMISS, was travelling in ...

ADB approves $ 500 for BD power plant

The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $500 million loan to develop a state-of-the-art 800 megawatt (MW) power plant in Khulna, Bangladesh, along with associated connections to natural gas and power transmission facilities. "In the face of rising demand for energy in a growing economy, the Rupsha power plant will be the first of its kind in Bangladesh, vastly increasing the availability of efficient and cleaner adb1energy," ADB Energy Specialist Aziz Yusupov was quoted as saying in a statement received on...

UN starts registering Rohingya refugees

The United Nations(UN)  and the Bangladesh government have started formally registering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled a military crackdown in Myanmar, a move that officials say would help their eventual return. More than 700,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya have escaped Buddhist-majority Myanmar since last August, when attacks by Muslim insurgents triggered a military offensive that the United Nations has likened to ethnic cleansing. Myanmar denies the accusations and has said it waged a legitimate counter-insurgency operation. The registration programme started jointly by the United Nations High Commissioner for

UCB, Robi sign corporate deal

United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) and Robi have signed a corporate agreement recently. This comprehensive agreement paves the way for UCB to significantly enhance its ability to provide better customer service using Robi’s digital solutions. UCB and Robi signs corporate agreementUCB’s Managing Director & CEO, Mr. A. E. Abdul Muhaimen and Robi’s Managing Director & CEO, Mr. Mahtab Uddin Ahmed signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizatio...
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